Roof Signs
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:35 pm
Hi.
As an ADI one thing that's almost standard on a learner car is a roof sign. Recent years I've noticed less of them especially AA, BSM and RED. I guess it's the carbon footprint factor that's the question here. So I decided to run a little experiment of my own. I drive a ford fiesta diesel. I kept accurate records of my mileage and fuel consumption over a number of weeks both with my headboard on and without.
With the headboard on I averaged 48.37 Mpg.
Without the headboard on I averaged 49.48 Mpg.
If we assume the “average” instructor drives 30,000 miles per year, having the headboard on the car gives an added cost of £84.60 based on current fuel price of 133.9p per litre. So over the whole industry it would make a huge impact on the carbon footprint.
However the other side of the coin is that it is a form of advertising for the instructor and you could argue that £84.60 per year is pretty cheap. Even 1 pupil every 10 years could potentially pay for the sign.
So does anyone have any other figures of fuel consumption? Are they similar to mine or are my figures way off the mark?
As an ADI one thing that's almost standard on a learner car is a roof sign. Recent years I've noticed less of them especially AA, BSM and RED. I guess it's the carbon footprint factor that's the question here. So I decided to run a little experiment of my own. I drive a ford fiesta diesel. I kept accurate records of my mileage and fuel consumption over a number of weeks both with my headboard on and without.
With the headboard on I averaged 48.37 Mpg.
Without the headboard on I averaged 49.48 Mpg.
If we assume the “average” instructor drives 30,000 miles per year, having the headboard on the car gives an added cost of £84.60 based on current fuel price of 133.9p per litre. So over the whole industry it would make a huge impact on the carbon footprint.
However the other side of the coin is that it is a form of advertising for the instructor and you could argue that £84.60 per year is pretty cheap. Even 1 pupil every 10 years could potentially pay for the sign.
So does anyone have any other figures of fuel consumption? Are they similar to mine or are my figures way off the mark?